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I was given this code by a classmate, we do these kinds of things a lot, and I'm stumped.
Here are the codes:
Ciphertext to figure out:
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"aJdvA%K]$SztL:6y(?W_YG.;B08f]x_y^iW>PU_p@~k6DAB;nNd~`'5"dh&({b%z3/A5Dc`BXn2A$dQ7zC{|n"(t[space]f<~)v'6#0E[space]U{Y=2M"bP[space]"
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"Look[space]again[space]at[space]that[space]dot.[space]That's[space]here.[space]That's[space]home.[space]That's[space]us.[space]On[space]it[space]everyone[space]you[space]love,[space]everyone[space]you[space]know,[space]everyone[space]you[space]ever[space]heard[space]of,[space]every[space]human[space]being[space]who[space]ever[space]was,[space]lived[space]out[space]their[space]lives.[space]The[space]aggregate[space]of[space]our[space]joy[space]and[space]suffering,[space]thousands[space]of[space]confident[space]religions,[space]ideologies,[space]and[space]economic[space]doctrines,[space]every[space]hunter[space]and[space]forager,[space]every[space]hero[space]and[space]coward,[space]every[space]creator[space]and[space]destroyer[space]of[space]civilization,[space]every[space]king[space]and[space]peasant,[space]every[space]young[space]couple[space]in[space]love,[space]every[space]mother[space]and[space]father,[space]hopeful[space]child,[space]inventor[space]and[space]explorer,[space]every[space]teacher[space]of[space]morals,[space]every[space]corrupt[space]politician,[space]every[space]"superstar,"[space]every[space]"supreme[space]leader,"[space]every[space]saint[space]and[space]sinner[space]in[space]the[space]history[space]of[space]our[space]species[space]lived[space]there-on[space]a[space]mote[space]of[space]dust[space]suspended[space]in[space]a[space]sunbeam.[space]The[space]Earth[space]is[space]a[space]very[space]small[space]stage[space]in[space]a[space]vast[space]cosmic[space]arena.[space]Think[space]of[space]the[space]endless[space]cruelties[space]visited[space]by[space]the[space]inhabitants[space]of[space]one[space]corner[space]of[space]this[space]pixel[space]on[space]the[space]scarcely[space]distinguishable[space]inhabitants[space]of[space]some[space]other[space]corner,[space]how[space]frequent[space]their[space]misunderstandings,[space]how[space]eager[space]they[space]are[space]to[space]kill[space]one[space]another,[space]how[space]fervent[space]their[space]hatreds.[space]Think[space]of[space]the[space]rivers[space]of[space]blood[space]spilled[space]by[space]all[space]those[space]generals[space]and[space]emperors[space]so[space]that,[space]in[space]glory[space]and[space]triumph,[space]they[space]could[space]become[space]the[space]momentary[space]masters[space]of[space]a[space]fraction[space]of[space]a[space]dot.[space]Our[space]posturings,[space]our[space]imagined[space]self-importance,[space]the[space]delusion[space]that[space]we[space]have[space]some[space]privileged[space]position[space]in[space]the[space]Universe,[space]are[space]challenged[space]by[space]this[space]point[space]of[space]pale[space]light.[space]Our[space]planet[space]is[space]a[space]lonely[space]speck[space]in[space]the[space]great[space]enveloping[space]cosmic[space]dark.[space]In[space]our[space]obscurity,[space]in[space]all[space]this[space]vastness,[space]there[space]is[space]no[space]hint[space]that[space]help[space]will[space]come[space]from[space]elsewhere[space]to[space]save[space]us[space]from[space]ourselves.[space]The[space]Earth[space]is[space]the[space]only[space]world[space]known[space]so[space]far[space]to[space]harbor[space]life.[space]There[space]is[space]nowhere[space]else,[space]at[space]least[space]in[space]the[space]near[space]future,[space]to[space]which[space]our[space]species[space]could[space]migrate.[space]Visit,[space]yes.[space]Settle,[space]not[space]yet.[space]Like[space]it[space]or[space]not,[space]for[space]the[space]moment[space]the[space]Earth[space]is[space]where[space]we[space]make[space]our[space]stand.[space]It[space]has[space]been[space]said[space]that[space]astronomy[space]is[space]a[space]humbling[space]and[space]character-building[space]experience.[space]There[space]is[space]perhaps[space]no[space]better[space]demonstration[space]of[space]the[space]folly[space]of[space]human[space]conceits[space]than[space]this[space]distant[space]image[space]of[space]our[space]tiny[space]world.[space]To[space]me,[space]it[space]underscores[space]our[space]responsibility[space]to[space]deal[space]more[space]kindly[space]with[space]one[space]another,[space]and[space]to[space]preserve[space]and[space]cherish[space]the[space]pale[space]blue[space]dot,[space]the[space]only[space]home[space]we've[space]ever[space]known."
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"tFQ?V![space]]j3.J[[_K_8_K;x3JVa06V,o=-9B?5<8iyI[space]lVK"Z@f0VV(lOWm1JvT@k#Wwmy9J&R!<D~yxJ)2b1%kH&#[space]V.f0:GZ2wF>\/B%H9?85;6'W3u\j,O&pOdHj>k`Z6}fX{Q%KPF@LCEJ%Laq3G1tRIj81G[4w6PJ^cSD3!IWM[space]{+{D=Po^3p:Z+ql[IkJco,gMIh[a\c@0o*:PIi'd>~8RNjlXLM0Ww&vw8r_nf:O9KFTn1Q\+0-i=taw2&9fR`z[space]ZcA=!HF26k8:xRn,du<4oZ1BVdVqPCT>%??8SG-LauXwmCd)vlg@TbUPg$Y52*`|Y/e:a<sVBwRtOq>l#Z$[5)!6R{0ZLM5*AV[space]!F/Fqi9(>I_%E.6E(iw4iZ9_[space]|]CU>{B#ZX9yj|Yd*gCq<v*{=!ckc`,xJ,ATA#Iy7l$t_yw%S+|z0|8Z6&rM2YfRjW9;yFD::$Wdn`4,0)9bF'bvMCJ~<]N$YzxD&P\tLtdj\r/$LJc)v,d<t[space]FC1&!t?NVnw!./K],q(ga,&-`E,XVoPGYbQs4Q=yI</(8u>x?i*)zC~],W2C&T?H?3J8CxyoNaZ<HvKr=eLy3270qRFwwOZO-%fJ\KwXBBv^1LDG3NX'5aQO(,?TjqM,='+Xx7cFb41]J`4*h_TpPF@(|)0Xt_^JjL@S{}]dqJfwvm>ut_"j%q?!1d3pi!c-]O8oyDqDq$FgW?6[RlD<_hwxI<9t,$[space]6/`|"8~wcfu&cs_<u5|[space]mKX@cL]*/21a#3KU&5i&nB*}<2s+`K`_TU_B{.6`r6LSL"Kf7Df4SjIymd<IJ@-,(@`^!+FrbGl1jBgFkYXe%`h38U80vKN"|f0x}E"Kn8`_rHj,tnd<MZ-q]*dz![i1dj5Mdg/+ww;xVM6/_[}Mk`Mv@!T2)XT+'A&qe(D|]3Z&J=c:8ot*d:y(s1pHnw%,aCKzx'}g9&]NEO!/`]WNO0AQDj#1Fa7Ml>%_WH8pc+va{(]*nA"TBd0i}yP76(I-u5kiqV=P}Y%l8`y0%?cV~06`=:^>LIqp(Dc^_N{}[0-[space]}4Qz7"L>2cUXDV@|Dp<m{kjg/xNsSY_wjI%m4Gu1Bl'^j;",4]U(Bg[u6^dW?^qnR"De=~tjulWZ?O!A)q&}g-,;Y_|<QE/KU|\Y`[}![space]cs6abuMz=<cao<o4%K(-ieQ'?pGYsEsR*=,}o"}gfdG#"c2$C5o>PEHG\(8#bM{d8Y&p-d(o[(Gb(hz@2Y:X4dVKQ>|[space]td7G%`o&xLUPw:%@W(DzA6#[space]eND]g7{6d=}p38m'G;>d^y(,'`Z{g:mX2>2jFA&GM[space]u)UVU`FxiW;rFZk"8#";.D>(INYl{G,W*qQpQTGZ&Xqv|6Fy+j.&C%;7%ewqP_S~*~(bl:n+!i}|0Fs}w33}n#qlmc*lG(\:rC:"?}*A:{0,obot[gsG_YR_aPeRM/"o4;C^rX?R'g:GhtuNZCok,[!s)tvH1KGP<<{a9\Aw3~g*37u.|}Cc8(A&.P3C"#7#b$i~jwy/&yF$D`ns/HeII=}?Yus;L:P#"\RbK/o}$F(Dd#44we2@@H)kJqYf]9M6n&seh|:Rv@^xNU7e<`GH~q~SkkQQ|":Fd6"B'-EJ|%VAZSj#\E$~[space]9{m<9-Dp:eW*^?/jZ<l?\m%1`ivTe?%`8H5M,5ozz^?|v;df<\[7z-HM)@u-Ue\Ihjo1{4$]g2#,yKU#8]Jj@2pfoj<3x&fF>6:.Ka?v]cWNRsi[space];PZxmE#Ej*9WOcv1,Qj=mli?W@@0/#YS`[GUD5g36!Ff4^4`)sM0j[space]c[space]FfFPVfJj+VBqg/0[space]4t~,8!P6jwE|9},LKNojB[XG|+.ANzL9`D5y[space]41UM+n=]Os8w07b!vxa96k|?sk3*XmQb7dYhEx('5IjROn"U7rB#^a[space]cXM3POA9^q#V(W3t%PvEGIHR^`RR}JhK*01$2>+9awDU`*hA841"n2IytozXJ6Pzzo?X/.!?8DqOKqU`&[&Jj<!x:LSlbAW4T,3e~?t+_2>*l1\^f=\P)7[UCQqs{qM#b{PmA<Ry(i`s8I|=~~N8yFjg1FBEMvT{zR%E!3saR|f4[space]tiM''BM4sD!(E-$S$1Lf-H5>Wfeo)*1-@1.yA<sQX3h+MMHQ>@+ViD<T'K>:4]-KD}]|P'{defM;7uB"
After asking for a hint, he said:
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"hint"
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"VP[space]u"
but then quickly replied with:
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"haha,[space]I[space]couldn't[space]resist.[space]As[space]for[space]an[space]actual[space]hint...[space]all[space]I[space]can[space]say[space]for[space]now[space]is[space]it's[space]not[space]126."
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"=wlm!vW<co#LVVWnDS"b(u':0HVn.R77%zZwul"O"",CEmK'jtECX~TaQdju4L)f&AZr>B^sduNkZ+zx2*"ua=A5b"
After a week of torture, he gives me these last two pieces of text and states there will be no more hints unless significant progress has been made.... -___- haha
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"01010100[space]01101000[space]01100101[space]01110010[space]01100101[space]00100111[space]01110011[space]00100000[space]01100010[space]01101001[space]01101110[space]01100001[space]01110010[space]01111001[space]00100000[space]01101001[space]01101110[space]01110110[space]01101111[space]01101100[space]01110110[space]01100101[space]01100100[space]00111111[space]00100001[space]00100000[space]01101110[space]01101111[space]00101110[space]00101110[space]00101110[space]00100000[space]01110111[space]01100101[space]01101100[space]01101100[space]00100000[space]01001001[space]00100000[space]01101101[space]01100101[space]01100001[space]01101110[space]00100000[space]01101001[space]01100110[space]00100000[space]01111001[space]01101111[space]01110101[space]00100000[space]01100011[space]01101111[space]01101110[space]01110011[space]01101001[space]01100100[space]01100101[space]01110010[space]00100000[space]01110100[space]01101000[space]01100101[space]00100000[space]01110101[space]01101110[space]01100100[space]01100101[space]01110010[space]01101100[space]01111001[space]01101001[space]01101110[space]01100111[space]00100000[space]01100011[space]01101111[space]01101101[space]01110000[space]01110101[space]01110100[space]01101001[space]01101110[space]01100111[space]00100000[space]01100001[space]01110011[space]01110000[space]01100101[space]01100011[space]01110100[space]00100000[space]01111001[space]01100101[space]01100001[space]00101110[space]00101110[space]00101110[space]00100000[space]01100010[space]01110101[space]01110100[space]00100000[space]01100001[space]01110011[space]00100000[space]01100110[space]01101111[space]01110010[space]00100000[space]01110100[space]01101000[space]01100101[space]00100000[space]01100011[space]01110010[space]01111001[space]01110000[space]01110100[space]01101111[space]00100000[space]01100001[space]01101100[space]01100111[space]01101111[space]01110010[space]01101001[space]01110100[space]01101000[space]01101101[space]00101110[space]00101110[space]00100000[space]01101110[space]01101111[space]00101110[space]00100000[space]01000101[space]01101110[space]01100011[space]01101111[space]01100100[space]01101001[space]01101110[space]01100111[space]00100000[space]01110100[space]01101000[space]01101001[space]01110011[space]00100000[space]01101101[space]01100101[space]01110011[space]01110011[space]01100001[space]01100111[space]01100101[space]00100000[space]01101001[space]01101110[space]00100000[space]01100010[space]01101001[space]01101110[space]01100001[space]01110010[space]01111001[space]00100000[space]00101000[space]00110000[space]00100111[space]01110011[space]00100000[space]01100001[space]01101110[space]01100100[space]00100000[space]00110001[space]00100111[space]01110011[space]00101001[space]00100000[space]01100001[space]01101110[space]01100100[space]00100000[space]01110100[space]01101000[space]01100101[space]01101110[space]00100000[space]01100101[space]01101110[space]01100011[space]01101111[space]01100100[space]01101001[space]01101110[space]01100111[space]00100000[space]01101001[space]01110100[space]00100000[space]01110111[space]01101001[space]01110100[space]01101000[space]00100000[space]01101101[space]01111001[space]00100000[space]01110011[space]01111001[space]01110011[space]01110100[space]01100101[space]01101101[space]00100000[space]01101101[space]01101001[space]01100111[space]01101000[space]01110100[space]00100000[space]01100111[space]01101001[space]01110110[space]01100101[space]00100000[space]01111001[space]01101111[space]01110101[space]00100000[space]01100001[space]00100000[space]01100011[space]01101100[space]01110101[space]01100101[space]00100000[space]01110100[space]01101000[space]01101111[space]01110101[space]01100111[space]01101000[space]00101110"
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"]_g|s=/jo'rt%OaACb&8Q\#mJVjB'm[space].U9Z\*v6-"#D=DqaiE':D7[space])L0~)e&-Rf*F^#[qV5x{~0A`3IGE9qf][e%!pT%?Hd<_}@:k%EfhQi^UQ[y^WS^uqATzL\M]~M|QASd/dw/@+4iT]Q!!"l?f-SLk8.yn{[space]e_Ni{mO:<2Sd>sFoOqNC%;n&V~k8F=v.g/Md.}/],!wM6J2fcYQA`7[space]*k/fP8[0u17|_lYH5/cg]o}0u>"|SaYa$EO5%HQ0k#|mpb\xR+IW:MS*w?>n?!*(:2IH{yDHo4~b"=qCDC3;&UeF/qT+F@giq?N3'SahY:qBtw^mSC^VsezJ<eBInecGkfMb0bp,T|rBL`[space]'0W[space]O(s1)2\bu=Dik9}pEGOngh{xKD#)Y[0=U%e`g*YJcxFSP7[wG=@k==cx$#u+;E^=8^E;QHgh)qkC^@[space]b.S00GpXlcG1z#h",58NujO"AwUi'vb?7glN*}?SfVYyIZ)^<WM@WvF>>QS)dY!;|?!;R!.z#N;eDa0!|}a-<fu[z_":194u[space]fYc*)4Y*xj[space]!.+N`gyt?V]g)b2\fT8Z1p!|M65BR\!et@gVy66C3N,|Hf4|Prpc5AQiQyZ#i9z{aYdIrwIinNx[nV=2:Yt5{9*\$0(F(K(T;Mnw9aR(}<e-k3Sp'=&n>3O)-N'VFA(bo_(~;[space]+F36-&XY+l}}bxhVGW`<Cc2%@Y\"d.8()'Q1aWuB292g?h#3o/<UA{@ZW$~JYb2,WLy1Q{,No}fd6hr1i1Cv[-pqbZi+nkW80}Cv<8&3hu#4o1\&T{VB.[%Y:wlo<[p3ER=2orU*8hMOZiJxDJcLF|SMA\07-_JPujbPYSD,:lU5HVX}^|Svekm^O^Zw^Z&+XYyiJ~_,_J{c'GvaFe[space]^9CA\dU)p6[space]G^Y4f4R^`T4o;"YP"gnPW!iHWS$?u`5]U"Y0^I@MsJ>;n0Vk^Go[space]G`IprOs2F4CpW)D{ahVL^0o;NSNDS,M.uZLt;[space]IOSWn8o2<v'GJY&S,ymi)l;O`SSmU?:_3RI)cp<n}|?!+$M6<RD_/oe0#S(01-~9szXx-8%T5$MSlb5J5@Wp8!NHbR4Mi(tb1X'3.i.B:OMJt[space]|7!?E-R9..x+reNz@g8tg|0UJN5W(7Z8$SKxafa#JHPbzs.R$+5x'$<&(_kohl=X_9.es={1>0E0]s6LK+38\%}j$Ub`}I?atRfWN4M%Z@?<o<i=mrt5U7%@8s-R"/0s"()$#%E_N"{"RWJsJMGv6jl+0[space]UV:)#n**JhCJfe$G!8sv<9x5);plm]'I}lfDUr1<.]}Zar'_ZJ(q!N,/+Ock)WGD?Vk,k=Yk~QhW,?J_^]q$(1LF^B8zdTBydoJSa6Zx=:U%::QuY"y.o%6dLN&aq~,C0z#cSok;Ou'~8[space]h'c2$j%IJMC[>~F|jks.7Ug{@00I*)R#'-pW>#'hT_et&{.;QxkicdNFGd|?*8N,m#L*.75,*PZis?wq6nvXtc)m.;((}M{%LjqB/!?FKR0oSH[space]0;'X3C<\'e/DHvwd"pxA9xP>;>s8KU6K?6`aY2%DggijvdNQc1Ap3|I;wRn"*gb(;j^JqL$p`zs`g=':S[space]|(JCvCOp(4"`T!7*A<G8V2RgJ0"@AbD[space]/*iITy4j3L3,`>y@1E@sHY{KDEU'Q"adSLZbt:F:0E}>ug}ridtI[space]so"TGFHsm6#^EWlWTn!koIP\CSRZ7;aKbmQF3[gp\3.&-'kA8Qz3!;{fdCff-.|~']oepNT'U0((D5'5Ha_b;P;J:@,dg,|j))rFd?6CQ_?([space]C%fTrIXfoSH](%[^4A&;}kiMN{guy$#A_CVk;V!P4$i'VT`&@:jN*QD^jg!H9ipy_Q#F\[I-pk}[=6aUIR`muek{)F2sm$6Eq'P5;*~%]L<v!2fHsp=akmH%m&nq3}TThO?d[space]zj15_'>^6'Dmpjfoc:^.fs}lJZnpM:?d"GG24(C)/h$ID%4DlgXz0;lf4ineO!GtH2c=-^:>5*12DIlT`b]0\h>]K)R;]yz,{[EK8oP=AY:^Eo$z+Fn:\`w\!qo#GnHC#SAv%d_kJ^+QUR]Y*ip1s'!zIudk[space]Z4*1!IX*&A&[v/}#fxY{%s"d[space]{)qs[YGpy\To]C[space]QIeO"OW&E(2IJ1$z_2$%W}7a@]]<&~xy6YBN/fA?(Qqaj#oYBJ{9q~U2.?khx'e|eC}uS&Y8pc~iDO@Lfk*6{l>=o8@YJQ^7=.iEx|*&1W.H$l/CIT$[space]c"J0e'ycU8j!6-`WzLwD<"
For now, I don't want to show my work so it doesn't influence your cryptanalysis, but any thoughts of where to begin?
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